Ardent Health vs Community Health Systems
On overall TruNorth grade, Ardent Health scores higher (Ardent Health: B, Community Health Systems: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $270K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 8 executive donors.
FEC: $54K PAC donations; 25% to Republican, 75% to Democratic committees.
Environment
No public record found.
No public record found.
Labor
1 federal penalties totaling $20K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
37 federal penalties totaling $519.2M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
$5M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.04% of revenue). Operates the Community Health Systems Foundation: $441K in charitable contributions, gifts & grants paid (FY2023, IRS Form 990-PF).
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
No public record found.
HHS OCR HIPAA breach: 6.1M individuals affected. Most recent: 2014-08-20. 6.1M CHS patients compromised in APT 18 / Chinese state-actor attack.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 107:1 (CEO total compensation $2K) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2025).
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 60:1 (median employee pay $79,925) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).
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